Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 670
Columbuscome true. A straightaway course will be hadfrom the Atlantic ports to the far lands ofspices and silks. WHAT THE CANAL WILL DO. First of all the Panama Canal will fulfil thedream of Columbus, by opening a direct routefrom Europe and Africa to the Orient. But sincethe day of the great… … MAP SHOWING HOW THE PANAMA CANAL WILL SHORTEN THE GREAT OCEAN ROUTES OF THE WORLD. of the Arctic Ocean in this search. But theway was long and the seas were filled withice, and this northwest passage is no longerthought of. Then there was Magellan, following closeupon the heels of Columbus. He…
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